Hurricane Irene Impact on East Coast Is Imminent

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(NECN) - According to the latest National Weather Service, the track of Hurricane Irene now has it making an impact in New England on Sunday. The track has shifted a bit to the west with heaviest rain expected to the west of NE and heaviest wind east.

The hurricane will spare Florida and Georgia. It will hit the outer banks of North Carolina and South Carolina on Saturday. Its predicted to be a category 2 storm causing high surf and rip currents with heavy rain and damaging winds.